Deep Insanity


Deep Insanity is a Japanese mixed-media project created by Square Enix. It consists of a manga titled Deep Insanity: Nirvana, which began serialization in Monthly Big Gangan from January 2020 to March 2023, a mobile and PC game titled Deep Insanity: Asylum, which was released on October 14, 2021, and an anime television series by Silver Link titled Deep Insanity: The Lost Child, which aired from October to December 2021.

Plot

The action takes place in a world where a large part of the population has fallen into comas due to the mysterious illness called "Randolph Syndrome" during the outbreak of World War III. The illness is revealed to come from deep under the South Pole in a place called "Asylum" which leads people to explore this new land to discover a cure for the disease or to find what treasure this new land holds.
The manga follows a boy who is immune to the condition and a trader living in Antarctica who journey into Asylum. The anime is set between the manga and video game storylines and follows the young recruit Shigure Daniel Kai who joins "Sleepers" in exploring Asylum which is inhabited by monsters called "Scarred" and human "Exiles", some of which have been affected by the Randolph Syndrome and are referred to as "Cultists". The video game is set during the time when 540 million people lie in comas from Randolph syndrome and involve the sole survivor of a massacre that took place at a medical facility.

Characters

''Deep Insanity: Nirvana''

;Hildegard Olympiada Yamada
;Serge Sol

''Deep Insanity: The Lost Child''

Antarctica Front Platoon Unit 11

;Daniel Shigure Kai
;Vera Rustamova
;Leslie Blanc
;Lawrence "Larry" Jackson
;Reika Kobato
;Sumire Motiki

Other characters

;James Chan
;Nicholas Kruger
;Solvy Sveien
;Hayden
;Nadia
;El-Cee

''Deep Insanity: Asylum''

;Wu Innominetas
;Morris Matsuo Fukuzawa
;Erika Makishi
;Manuela Rodriguez
;Penthesilea
;Jade Gabriel Ozon
;Maxine Kramer
;Delia Goldilocks
;Very Bad Man
;Aristarkh
;Blake Loong
;Alejandro Mendoza
;Fatima Sara
;Master Karateka

Media

Manga

A manga series with story by Norimitsu Kaihō and Makoto Fukami and art by Etorouji Shiono titled Deep Insanity: Nirvana has been serialized in Square Enix's seinen manga magazine Monthly Big Gangan from January 24, 2020, to March 25, 2023. The first two tankōbon volumes of the manga were released on September 25, 2021.

Anime

An anime television series by Silver Link titled Deep Insanity: The Lost Child aired from October 13 to December 29, 2021, on Tokyo MX, MBS, BS11, TVA, and AT-X. Shin Oonuma directed the series, with Kento Shimoyama handling series' composition, Kazuyuki Yamayoshi designing the characters, and Mirai Kodai Gakudan composing the series' music. The opening theme is "Inochi no Tomoshibi" by Konomi Suzuki while the ending theme is "Shinjuiro no Kakumei" by Kashitarō Itō. Crunchyroll licensed the series outside of Asia for an English simulcast and simuldub. Medialink licensed the series in Asia-Pacific ; they are streaming it on their Ani-One Asia YouTube channel and Bilibili.

Episodes

Game

A mobile and PC game titled Deep Insanity: Asylum was released on October 14, 2021, in Japan. The game is a free-to-play RPG genre title with in-app purchases. Game combat is skills-based, is done in “real time”, and features auto and high speed combat options. A preview of the game was released for Android phones on July 2, 2021, in Japan. The game ended service on October 31, 2022.

Social media

An interactive social media game depicting the account of a reporter trapped in a hospital during a disaster is assisted by other social media users who can help guide her to safety ran from July 9 to 30, 2021, on Twitter.